How to Re-calibrate the battery of your smartphone

You have purchased a mobile phone and the battery will last a little more than a  half day, introducing negative peaks in the percentage of the download? Well ... maybe it's time to do something. We recalibrate our battery!

Premise

There are Apps on the Android market that claim to do the recalibration. It is not entirely true, because they act by deleting the file relative to the graph of the battery (the settings menu -> Battery) which will lead to a reset of the graph, thus acting on the stock battery monitoring software. But we need to recalibrate the sensor that analyzes the state of the battery and the battery itself! As it can be done by acting on a software that has the function of monitoring the battery?

The calibration procedure allows you to reset the way Android handles the smartphone's battery. This means that, except for the presence of physical damage, if shot, you can solve the problems of autonomy phone and limit the peaks of the indicator percentage of the charge.

The lithium-ion batteries do not suffer from wear and tear "material, but are subject to wear a" temporal "more is more old the battery capacity lost over time. Lithium-ion batteries suffer so much heat! More we can keep it fresh longer be his life if the phone reaches temperatures above 40 ° C would be better to let it cool down. Beware, this is not to say that putting the battery in the freezer will do well ... even too cold hurts: the -40 ° is the threshold of death of the battery.

What to do?

The first step is to ensure complete draining of the smartphone until the latter turns off automatically to exhaustion of charge (actually automatically turn off when the battery charge level is less than 5%, not to physically harm the lithium ions ). The verification of this action you have it when you try to turn on the phone and you can not pass the first lock screen.

After downloading you put in charge the smartphone and wait that the battery gets to 100% and, once fully charged, it will still leave you in charge for another two hours (ignoring any messages that appear on the screen to warn that the phone is fully charged). As for the battery, too weak battery is dangerous to leave your smartphone attached all'alimentazioni for more than 3 hours when it is already at full charge. It is advisable to disconnect it from the phone immediately after passing the 2 hours.

Performed the first 2 steps, you must remove the battery from the phone for 10-15 minutes and then put it back in its slot. For monocoquesmartphone, like Nexus 5, just simply leave the phone off for the duration indicated.

Finally, put the phone back in charge and wait for a few minutes (5 minutes), and then start the phone and wait for the start of the Android operating system. Disconnect the terminal from the charger only when it will be possible to perform operations (eg open an app).

This procedure is carried out for 2 days in a row to actually see the results, it is also very heavy for the battery and should only be used in cases of extreme necessity, or when you change the battery directly or smartphone.

How to safeguard the life of the battery?

Do not discharge thoroughly the battery. Bring the battery to 0% or under 15% is dangerous, because if we let this continue fully discharged battery to lose charge and if the voltage drops below a certain threshold, the battery will be thrown out. Recharge from zero decreases the effectiveness of the charge, increasing the risk of a damage.

Do not charge too much. Same reasons and previous parameters. Never leave a charger for longer than 8-10 hours!

Charging often is ideal. Would be better to retain a charge higher than 20. Lithium-ion batteries do not suffer from "memory effect" and are not damaged by partial discharges and recharges.

To properly charge the battery initialization: when you buy a smartphone, the batteries have a small charge, but it is better if you charge it for at least hours before use. Make the first few cycles of charging is crucial to determine the life of your battery.

Obvious signs of a bad initialization are the first energy levels (90-80%) that are downloaded much faster than the others.

Lithium batteries are long lasting and have a drop in performance after about 2 years. The half-life of the charge capacity is in fact about 2 years, after which time or replace the battery or the smartphone also given the release of new models in a few months.

The battery is essential for a smartphone of the latest generation. It is not enough to have a large capacity, expressed in mAh, but also depends on the use and control that makes the user who buys that product.

Often we are the ones the devices malfunction of the product. Be careful of these little things could make a lasting investment of a few hundred dollars for more than 2 years.

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